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Pretty, Vacant: Recapping the Vacant Home Tour

June 6, 2015 Ray Bowman

The Vacant Home Tour through Wilkinsburg took place on a hot Saturday, May 9th. 88 degrees was too hot to bike from Millvale comfortably, but I didn’t know that until I was standing (uncomfortably) at the registration desk. The walking tour was a little over two miles round trip and, while technically not in the City of Pittsburgh, included a hill or two. Each tour goer picked up a booklet that had descriptions of each home and a map then were sent up the hill to Singer place to the first home. 1329 Singer Place is a shy home, trying… Read the rest

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, History, Tours Tagged With: blight, community development, Dee Briggs, Frank Conrad, Historic Preservation, house of gold, John F. Singer, Marita Garrett, phlf, Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, Singer Mansion, urban design, Vacant Home Tour, Vernon Royce Covell, wcdc, wilkinsburg

Pittstarter – A Gentle Demolition of The House of Gold

September 22, 2014 Lindsay

house of gold before and aferUpdate 9/24 – Just 24 hours left til the Kickstarter deadline and the artist needs to raise $12,000.  Click here to go directly to the Kickstarter page for the House of Gold. I learned about the House of Gold project over the summer and I wanted to share this Kicstarter project that only has a few more days to reach the funding goal.   Artist Dee Briggs lives next door to this house on Swissvale avanue. Last year, Dee was able to purchase the house thanks to the Allegheny County Vacant Property Recovery program.  This Kickstart project will help Dee deconstruct… Read the rest

Filed Under: Pitt-Starter Tagged With: Allegheny County Pennsylvania, Dee Briggs, house of gold, Kickstarter, Penn Avenue, pittstarter, Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania

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